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Fedasil
Fedasil (''Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers'') is a Belgian institution that is responsible for the reception of asylum seekers. The organisation is further responsible for the observation and orientation of unaccompanied minor foreign nationals (UMFNs). The reception of asylum seekers is provided at individual reception locations or collective reception centres. Fedasil operates under the supervision of the State Secretary for Asylum Policy, Migration and Social Integration, Sammy Mahdi. In accordance with the Reception Act of 12 January 2007, the agency provides material assistance: accommodation, food, clothing, medical, social and psychological counselling and access to legal support and certain services (interpreters, training). For those wishing to return to their country of origin either during or after an asylum procedure, Fedasil will provide a programme for voluntary return. Fedasil is also authorised to perform resettlement. Fedasil is led by Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asylum Seeker
An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country and applies for asylum (i.e., international protection) in that other country. An asylum seeker is an immigrant who has been forcibly displaced and might have fled their home country because of war or other factors harming them or their family. If their case is accepted, they become considered a refugee. The terms ''asylum seeker'', ''refugee'' and ''illegal immigrant'' are often confused. A person becomes an asylum seeker by making a formal application for the right to remain in another country and keeps that status until the application has been concluded. The relevant immigration authorities of the country of asylum determine whether the asylum seeker will be granted protection and become an officially recognized refugee or whether asylum will be refused and the asylum seeker becomes an illegal immigrant who may be asked to leave the country and may even be deported. In North Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unaccompanied Minor
An unaccompanied minor (sometimes "unaccompanied child" or "separated child") is a child without the presence of a legal guardian. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child defines unaccompanied minors and unaccompanied children as those "who have been separated from both parents and other relatives and are not being cared for by an adult who, by law or custom, is responsible for doing so." The Committee defines separated children as those "who have been separated from both parents, or from their previous legal or customary primary care-giver, but not necessarily from other relatives. These may, therefore, include children accompanied by other adult family members." Immigration law In immigration law unaccompanied minors, also known as separated children,Unaccompanied minors Assisted Voluntary Return and Rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staatssecretaris (België)
Undersecretary (or under secretary) is a title for a person who works for and has a lower rank than a Secretary (title), secretary (person in charge). It is used in the Executive (government), executive branch of government, with different meanings in different political systems, and is also used in other organizational settings. In government, the position may be a junior Minister (government), government minister (e.g. a parliamentary secretary) who assists a secretary of state. In other cases, the position may be a senior government official, frequently a career public servant, who typically acts as a senior administrator. The senior administrator may be considered a second-in-command to a politically appointed cabinet minister or other government official (e.g. in the United States), or they may be considered a head or Chief executive officer, chief executive of a government department (e.g. a permanent secretary). Some systems of government have both types of position, as in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |